Gemini Weekly Horoscope

The energy is changing this week, Gemini, but it won’t be doing so with any major bangs or seismic shifts, so don’t think you need to batten down the hatches. In fact, the week begins on a rather quiet note, with no specific alignments until we reach the 17th and the skies host a special Half Moon in Aries and your 11th House of Social Groups and Global Communications, helping you get back in touch with your wider network or friends and acquaintances. If you’ve fallen out of sync with important people then this lunation can help change that. A chance to shake things up might also arrive under this energy, but don’t expect too much to happen at once; Half Moons are neither seeding time nor for harvesting, but a check-in phase, so do just that and check in. The 11th House is also a very altruistic sector, so if the urge to make a financial donation or even give some of your time to a good cause arises, then there’s no reason not to do just that.

Things are slowing down on the 18th as Mercury, the cosmic communicator, will start a retrograde phase, hitting the snooze button as it begins backstroking through Leo and your 3rd House of Local Communities and Communications, where it will be backstroking until August 11th. The 3rd House—which just so happens to be your natural territory—is easily one of the most outgoing sectors of your chart, and it deals with all those little meetings and appointments necessary for getting your job done, so with Mercury going to sleep here things could get, well, confusing. Try to stay on top of your plans even when other people can’t, but if you have trouble feeling on top of it for the next few weeks then don’t worry, you’re far from alone. The major point to keep in mind with this transit is that you’ll benefit more from returning to old connections rather than trying to create new ones, so don’t worry about building new bridges when you could be strengthening the ones you’ve already established.

Also on the 18th, Mercury will form a special sextile to loving Venus, currently spinning through your own sign and 1st House of Self-Expression and Action. You could have a lovely time out on the town with friends or perhaps a lover, so don’t be shy or make yourself scarce, because this could make for quite a memorable Friday. With Venus in Gemini, you will be positively glowing, and people will have a hard time missing your special allure, so don’t dim your shine, though with Mercury retrograde, it couldn’t hurt to think twice before stepping out on center stage to enjoy the spotlight.